赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit145

 　　chestnut¹

　　n.栗子

　　Mother made my favorite chestnut cake for my birthday.

　　妈妈为了我的生日做了我最爱吃的栗子蛋糕。

　　curl

　　n.—根卷发 vt.使卷曲

　　One colleague of mine has nice, long curls.

　　我的一位同事有一头漂亮的长卷发。

　　The hairdresser curled Kathy's hair and styled it for the wedding.

　　理发师为凯西的婚礼将她的头发弄卷并做造型。

　　enclose

　　vt.封入，附寄

　　I enclosed a photo in my letter to my boyfriend.

　　我在给男友的信中附上我的照片。

　　Please find enclosed a check for $200.

　　请随函查收一张面额200美元的支票。

　　photography

　　n.摄影

　　Bob and I studied photography together in college.

　　宝哥和我念大学时一起学过摄影。

　　haste

　　n.匆忙，急促

　　John left in haste after hanging up the phone.

　　挂上电话后，约翰便匆匆离开了。

　　Haste makes waste.

　　欲速则不达。——谚语

　　hasten

　　vt.催促 vi.急忙，赶快

　　The father hastened his children off to bed.

　　这个父亲催促孩子们上床睡觉。

　　For fear that the reporters didn't fully² understand him, the politician hastened to add an explanation.

　　这位政治人物担心记者对他的话不能完全了解，便急忙地又加了一句解释。

　　nonsense

　　n.胡说八道，废话（不可数）

　　Nobody in our class likes Jim because he always talks nonsense.

　　我们班上没有人喜欢吉姆，因为他总是胡说八道。

　　gifted

　　a.有天赋的

　　Jim Carrey is one of the most gifted comedians³ in Hollywood.

　　金·凯瑞是好莱坞最有天分的喜剧演员之一。

　　Believing that his son is gifted in painting, John has decided⁴ to send him to art school.

　　约翰相信他儿子有绘画天赋，已决定送他到艺术学校念书。

　　quake

　　vi.颤抖，摇晃 n.颤抖；地震（是earthquake的简写）

　　Most retailers⁵ would quake at the thought of competing with such a corporate⁶ giant.

　　多数零售商一想到要跟这么大的企业竞争便胆颤心惊。

　　Japan is hit with small quakes every day.

　　日本每天都有小地震发生。

　　The homeless people on the streets were quaking with cold.

　　街上的流浪汉冷得发抖。

　　brutal⁷

　　a.残酷的；不仁道的

　　Murder is a brutal crime.

　　谋杀是残忍的罪行。

　　The government was accused of brutal treatment of political prisoners.

　　该政府被控告以不仁道的方式对待政治犯。

　　brutality⁸

　　n.残酷

　　We should never forget the brutality of war.

　　我们永远不该忘记战争的残酷。

　　The protesters accused the officer of police brutality.

　　抗议者控告那名警察施暴。

1 chestnut   

n.栗树，栗子

参考例句：

• We have a chestnut tree in the bottom of our garden.我们的花园尽头有一棵栗树。
• In summer we had tea outdoors,under the chestnut tree.夏天我们在室外栗树下喝茶。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 comedians   

n.喜剧演员，丑角( comedian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The voice was rich, lordly, Harvardish, like all the boring radio comedians'imitations. 声音浑厚、威严，俨然是哈佛出身的气派，就跟无线电里所有的滑稽演员叫人已经听腻的模仿完全一样。 来自辞典例句
• He distracted them by joking and imitating movie and radio comedians. 他用开玩笑的方法或者模仿电影及广播中的滑稽演员来对付他们。 来自辞典例句

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

6 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

7 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

8 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军